Learn about popular plants and animals of Haiti through a fun fabric dyeing workshop led by Cici Osias! Using cassava paste and natural indigo, children will create their own designs on fabric.
Join Haitian-Nigerian textile artist Cici Osias as she teaches young participants the resist-dyeing technique of adire. Using cassava paste, children will paint their own designs onto fabric or use stamping tools to illustrate the natural beauty of Haiti! This fun, hands-on workshop is an exciting opportunity to stretch creative muscles while learning about popular plants and animals of the island.
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Saturday, February 13, 2027
2-4pm
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
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Attendance is free with museum admission. Plus, as a special offer for the HCX community, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is offering FREE admission to the HCX community!
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Artist Bio
Cici Osias (b. Baltimore, MD) is a textile artist and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work draws upon African American, Congolese, Haitian, and Nigerian motifs to make meaning of her identity and hold her people close. Within her textiles, Cici recognizes the role of cloth as a vessel for storytelling within African, Caribbean, and African American culture. Through this work, she traces the vestiges of shared origin and collective memory across the Black diaspora. Cici holds a BA from Brown University and is a former artist-in-residence at the Textile Arts Center and the Haiti Cultural Exchange.
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About Ti Atis
This session of Ti Atis is made possible with support from Diaspora Community Services’ Haitian Response Initiative Provider Project from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Ti Atis returns to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum for a new season of interactive youth and family programming! Ti Atis (Little Artists) engages youth of Haitian descent and their peers with Haitian history and heritage via the arts, giving young people the tools to build an inclusive and culturally informed future as they learn about diverse art forms from professional Haitian artists.
Mark your calendars! Happening on the second Saturday of every month from November 2026 to May 2027. Stay tuned for the full lineup of teaching artists.
